Assistant Manager/Manager
Truro,
Business advisory
Business advisory
Understand the client's vision and empower them to achieve it
Be at the heart of our clients’ decisions
Join our business advisory team and you’ll work with a hugely varied client base, build trusted relationships early, and see the impact of your advice first-hand – with access to senior stakeholders and a supportive, collaborative team around you.
We’re a general practice team, supporting clients with an extensive range of services including non-audit accounts, cash flow projections, corporation tax returns, personal tax returns, P11Ds, company secretarial work, credit control, VAT returns and management accounts.
That breadth of work goes hand in hand with a wide mix of clients – from sole traders and private individuals to family-owned businesses, partnerships and LLPs – across every sector. The variety keeps the work interesting, and you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to conversations that shape client decisions.
And because of the size of the firm, if a client needs specialist input, there’s always in-house expertise you can draw on – so you can be confident you’re giving the very best advice.
You’ll also see the commercial impact of your work. Whether it’s improving performance through better management information, helping owners plan for growth, or strengthening controls, your advice helps clients make confident decisions on strategy, risk and day-to-day operations. You’ll get to know clients properly over time, becoming a trusted contact they rely on.
Supportive culture and clear progression
We are a firmwide business advisory department, with a team in every office. It’s a friendly, welcoming team with a practical, can-do approach – and people who genuinely back each other up.
Your development is continuous. You’ll have a buddy from day one, plus structured on-the-job coaching, regular check-ins, annual career conversations and access to a wide range of learning opportunities. From lunch-and-learns, to technical training and our internal management and leadership programme, we’ll help you keep building skills and confidence as your responsibilities grow.
We’re clear about progression. A typical route is assistant, senior, assistant manager, manager and then senior manager, director, partner – with expectations set out at each stage. As you progress, you’ll move from supporting day-to-day compliance work to owning client relationships, reviewing and coaching others, and leading wider advisory conversations. You’ll get regular feedback and development support to help you take the next step.
New starters are encouraged to spend more time in the office at first; to support training and help you get to know the wider team. However, we offer a flexible hybrid-working model on a needs-only basis. The exact arrangements will depend on your role and your clients.
Meet the business advisory team
“You can go to anyone with questions, or ask our in-house experts about specific queries around tax and VAT. I’m now enjoying learning about the advisory side of accounts and how to build strong client relationships. I’m getting great experience across a very wide range of clients.”
Ashton, Assistant manager
“The people are friendly and make this more than just a place to work. There is a support structure, and having managers who care about your wellbeing is a huge bonus!”
Ben, SeniorWho this role suits
Our business advisory team is a great fit for experienced accountants who enjoy working across a broad portfolio and want the scope to influence how businesses run.
- You’re looking for variety and challenge across different clients and sectors
- You value autonomy and ownership, with support when you need it
- You’re motivated by clear progression and increasing responsibility over time
- You enjoy collaborating with experts across tax and other specialist teams to deliver joined-up advice
- You’re relationship-led and take pride in delivering a consistently high standard of service
- You’re interested to specialise in agriculture, inheritance tax, landed estates or legal services – the option is there or you can stay broad in what you do
It’s the best of both worlds – we offer the depth and resource of a larger firm, combined with strong local connections and long-standing relationships across the region.
Business advisory FAQs
From explaining the numbers to providing strategic advice, general accounting is varied and perfect for those with curious minds.
We encourage everyone in the team to be forward thinking about their careers. We hold regular career conversations about where people are going and how they are going to get there. Objectives are set each year to ensure that people are progressing, and there are interim catch ups with managers and possibly partners to see how things are progressing. We hold annual performance development reviews and agree performance grades so that you can understand how you are progressing.
Our size means that there are great opportunities for all here.
We expect the team member to drive their own career planning. This can’t be a one size fits all process as everyone is different, but we do promise full support in understanding your ambitions and helping you to achieve them, for example by funding further professional qualifications, on-the-job training, soft skills training, mentoring and so on. The possibilities are very open!
Yes! We introduce people as they join and quickly get them involved in the social side of the team, such as relaxed breakfast and lunch team meetings to which everyone is invited.
We also hold regular team days and evening socials, for example curry nights, crazy golf, barbeques, bowling and an annual team volunteering day where we go out add value to our local communities.
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